SK Falken

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SK Falken
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Full nameSportsklubben Falken
Founded9 February 1925

Sportsklubben Falken is a Norwegian speed skating club from Trondheim.

The club was founded in 1925. It formerly had sections for association football, track and field, orienteering, Nordic skiing, ice hockey and dancing. [1] The club was a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war. [2] Workers' sports clubs with the name SK Falken also existed in Oslo and Bergen. [3]

Well-known speed skaters include Hjalmar Andersen, Sverre Farstad and Henry Wahl (the "Falken Trio"), [4] Villy Haugen, [5] Jan Egil Storholt and Eskil Ervik. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sportsklubben Falken". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Larsen, Petter (1979). Med AIF-stjerna på brystet (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 271. ISBN   82-10-01853-1.
  3. ↑ Larsen, 1979: pp. 263, 267
  4. ↑ "Sverre Farstad". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Villy Haugen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
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